“When Labor climbs into bed with the Greens, Australians lose choices, lose opportunities and lose control over their futures. Deep down, Labor wanted to attack self-managed super fund members and have used the Greens as cover for their aims."

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“The continued, restricted use of paraquat and diquat is a win for common sense,” Dr Webster said. Dr Webster moved a motion in the House of Representatives in November that the Albanese Labor Government respect farmers, not sensationalism

Under Labor, health labelling has been undermined, point-of-sale controls have been undermined, legal retailers have been undercut, revenue has been lost, organised crime has thrived and Australians are paying the price.

When hospitals and aged-care providers cannot recruit permanent doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health workers and aged-care staff, they are forced into a desperate cycle of locums and agency nurses at enormous cost.

So I say to this government: listen to Vince. Listen to the young Australians asking, 'Why bother?' Scrap this tax, stop punishing effort and restore hope.

“Across regional Australia, the local post office is the lifeblood of the community. This secret plan is a callous attack on people living in regional, rural and remote Australia.”

One of the key points of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has been recovering water for the environment and environmental works. 450 gigalitres has always been the target and has always been a point of contention.

Commonwealth must stop treating buybacks as the easy answer and instead focus on practical water savings, infrastructure investment and proper transparency over environmental water already held by government.